Individualized, patient-centered application of consensus guidelines to improve the quality of breast cancer care

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 535-536

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Smith, Benjamin D ^b   Sabel, Michael ^c   Pierce, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84893877040     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.236     Document Type: Editorial

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